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http://dx.doi.org/10.9712/KASS.2018.18.2.79

A Study on the Distribution of the Peak Wind Pressure for Rooftop Signboards  

Nam, Byung-Hee (College of Architecture Engineering, Chonbuk National Univ.)
You, Jang-Youl (College of Architecture Engineering, Songwon Univ.)
Lee, Nam-Hun (School of Engineering, Science, and Technology, Central Connecticut State Univ.)
You, Ki-Pyo (College of Architecture Engineering, Chonbuk National Univ., Long-span Steel Frame System Research Center)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures / v.18, no.2, 2018 , pp. 79-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
Unlike other types of outdoor advertisements, rooftop signboards are installed on the roofs of buildings, rather than on their outer walls. This means that the area of a rooftop signboard is commonly larger than that of a general outdoor signboard. Moreover, as such signboards are greatly influenced by the wind, they can suffer a lot of damage from typhoons and strong winds every year. However, there is no wind load specification for rooftop signboards. In this study, wind pressure experiments were conducted to investigate the peak wind pressure on each side of rooftop signboards installed on the roofs of 5-15 story buildings in a city center. The minimum peak wind pressure coefficient was -3.0 at the bottom edges of the front and back of the rooftop signboards and -2.0 along the entire length of the sides. As the height of the rooftop signboard increased with the increasing height of the buildings, the peak value was found to be larger than the absolute peak value for the minimum peak wind pressure coefficient. The maximum and minimum peak wind pressure distributions of the rooftop outdoor signboards were influenced by the position of the signboard and the wind angle.
Keywords
Hoarding on roof; Outdoor billboard; Outdoor structure; Wind pressure coefficient; Wind tunnel experiment;
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